The Epiphone Black Beauty Les Paul Classic features the same tuxedo look and world famous features that has made the Les Paul Custom, aka Black Beauty, a hit since 1954. This great workhorse of a guitar comes loaded with an additional 3rd humbucker and is now available in a great price range, with the Epiphone Les Paul Custom 3. Multiple bound body with arched top and gold hardware, a quick mahogany neck for great action and feel and a solid, glued neck joint for stability and a great sustain all come together to make this guitar one of the best values on the market today. Nothing else has the look of this Black Beauty.

Lock Tone
The Lock Tone Tune-O-Matic bridge and Stopbar tailpiece are standard equipment on all Epiphone guitars with a tune-o-matic setup. From their Custom Les Pauls right down to the Special II, Epiphone knows that tuning stability and sustain can make or break a guitar so it’s important to have a dependable bridge you can trust.

Guitar arrived after two days so I was happy for the fast shipping. The guitar has great tone and offers a variety of sounds. I read in an earlier review about putting a 5 way toggle switch to replace the 3 way toggle. I think I will do just that for more pickup combinations. Playing through a marshall half stack and it sounds more than killer.